yeah, object golf on a championship course is a great answer. Or why not get some cone baskets?

Ewing is one of IA's (maybe even the midwest's) premier courses, and tournament players definately have a certain expectation of basket quality, and the soft touch's aren't within that level of expectation. Name one other course, that is a championship course, that has sub-standard baskets. How would the tone poles work out at USDGC? Or maybe I should say, how would soft touchs go over there? I'd be willing to bet that there would be lots of bitchin'.

Sure, if you putt a certain way, they catch just fine, and everyone is subject to that in competition, which is fair, but my point all along is, why should there be that factor on a course like that? There shouldn't. On a course like that, you cater to the touring players. Courses that aren't used for competition regularly, it doesn't really matter, even to me.

There are few tourneys held at Ewing, but the ones held are fairly large (Challenge, Open, the first doubles tourney of the year). Even if the Challenge was the only tournament held there all year, you need the best equipment for an A-tier or NT (2005).

Quality course = Quality events = needs Quality equipment

"I'm not impressed with aces of any kind. 95% of the time, they're just bad shots that got lucky and happened to hit the chains. Otherwise, they'd have sailed 50' past the hole." ~ Cydisc

porkchop wrote:There are few tourneys held at Ewing, but the ones held are fairly large (Challenge, Open, the first doubles tourney of the year). Even if the Challenge was the only tournament held there all year, you need the best equipment for an A-tier or NT (2005).

Quality course = Quality events = needs Quality equipment

Speaking of which... were there complaints about the Ewing baskets during Worlds?

I was one of the TDs there most of the week, and I heard a few comments, mainly from one group of masters. Voakes and Greenwell specifically complained that the chains were too loose and hung too close to the outside edge. They suggested we tighten them in. Really I don't think it was too much of an issue.

It seems like the Ewing chain controversy has built over time. As more people hear there is a problem with the chains, more people notice it.

Also, I don't see my preferred solution listed. I think we should reconfigure the chains to match a standard mach V. I didn't think they had an additional ring. I may be wrong.